Brother Kills Sister's Attacker

Published 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 3, 2002

A man saved his 24-year-old sister from an attempted rape by stabbing the attacker to death after he was awoken by her screams, police said Friday.

Police found the attacker bleeding on a bed in the victim's home with his pants around his knees, police said. Darian Stewart, 21, died a short time later at a Little Rock hospital.

Police said Stewart kicked in the back door of the woman's home about 10 p.m. Thursday and that she called police to report the break-in.

But before police arrived, her brother, 21, woke up in another room, took a knife from the kitchen and went to his sister's room, where he stabbed Stewart several times, police said. No charges have been filed against him.

"He had to kick the bedroom door open because the guy locked the door when he went in to attack the sister," said Sgt. Terry Hastings.

Hastings said the woman's 20-month-old child had been beside her in the bed.

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Police said Stewart, who had prior arrests for minor crimes, was living with his father about a block from the woman's house, but it was unclear if he knew the woman.